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Forums - Gaming - Poll: Is Now The Best Time To Game?

 

Is now (i.e. 2020 onward) the best time to game?

Yes, I’d say strongly so. 1 4.55%
 
Yes, but not by much. 0 0%
 
Mixed. 4 18.18%
 
No, but it is a very good time. 4 18.18%
 
No, it’s not and by a wide margin. 13 59.09%
 
Total:22
curl-6 9 hours ago
Zippy6 said:

If we take into account you can still just play all of the games from decades past then yeah probably. But even then there's something to be said about being there at the actual time all these great games released and everyone else is also playing them and talking about them.

Yeah this is very true.

While I can still have fun playing something like Mario 64 or Perfect Dark or Donkey Kong Country or RE4 today, doing so doesn't have the same impact as playing them for the first time in the 90s/2000s did.

Novelty and context are powerful things.



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Wman1996 5 hours ago

Since the USA tariffs went into effect (about a year and a half), it has been one of the worst times in history to game, at least in the USA. And that is being felt in some other markets too with AI and such also raising prices and general corporate greed continuing.
It's just going to get worse. Even if it takes until 2029 or 2030 to launch, very little chance PS6 is under $900. And realistically it will be $1000 or more.
Switch 2 is surely getting another price increase in the USA and maybe some other regions even after the upcoming one.
PS5 might go up again, maybe even Xbox Series despite its meager hardware units sold in the past few years.
I think it's going to take until the early to mid 2030s for another golden or silver age of gaming to begin if it ever does. Despite what faults were in the industry, I think pre-COVID pandemic gaming was in one of those golden ages, or at least a silver age.
For a bit there after the height of the pandemic we were starting to get into another silver age until 2025 hit.
There is a massive amount of quality titles past and present to play. The problem is hardware and PC prices.



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PS5: 116 million (was 105 million, then 115 million, then 122 million)

Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)

Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

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firebush03 5 hours ago

Yea half of these responses haven’t even glanced at OP lol.



Signalstar 5 hours ago

I'm enjoying gamin very much at present. I think modern consoles are wonderfully convenient and feature rich. I am enjoying online co-op play with my friends like never before.

I am also a grown adult with a full time job so I can afford to buy the games I want. Just don't have much free time to play them all lol.



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Spindel 4 hours ago

It’s the best ever. You have access to all the old games and new games.

Also I strongly disagree that the economic barrier to gaming is high. Just look at inflation adjusted prices for older consoles.
Heck just one game for in example the NES was $60 in late 80’s early 90’s dollars.